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The Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1964: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 1964Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 August 1964403,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 18, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
403,985 km251,024 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1964 is on Sunday, August 23, 1964 at 05:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 7, 1964 at 19:17 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 15, 196403:19
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 23, 196405:25

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Tuesday, August 18, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1964 to the new moon of September 6, 1964, a cycle of 29.39 days.